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plague was over, he would change his mind. Only after the tenth plague, the slaying of the first-born, in which Pharaoh’s own son was killed, did he agree to let the Israelites go. In remembrance of the plagues we raise our glasses and spill a drop as we mention each one. This is to show that the celebration of our freedom is diminished by the knowledge of the suffering of others. |
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Before God imposed the last plague, He told the Jewish people to mark their doors with the blood of a lamb, to signify to the Angel of Death to pass over the house and spare the first born. It is from this act that we call the holiday Passover. The Jews ate the lamb as their last meal in Egypt. It is traditional to include the lamb bone on the Seder plate to symbolize this passing over as the Jews continued to sacrifice a Paschal lamb as an offering to God from the first Passover through to the time of the Great Temple. |
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